Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 436, the compulsory military service system

But now after listening to Liu Jin's analysis, Zhang Mao has to agree with Liu Jin's point of view. The military household system is indeed rotten. If the military household system is not abolished, no matter how it is changed, it will be the same in the end. the result of.

However, if the military household system is abolished, it would be tantamount to touching the interests of the generals and honorable groups, and this reform would inevitably encounter huge resistance.

Zhang Mao pondered, carefully thinking about the pros and cons.

"Aside from abolishing the military household system, is there no other way?"

After a long time, Zhang Mao said with a look of embarrassment.

"No, the military household system is the foundation of the Ming Dynasty's military system. This root is rotten. If you don't get rid of it, no matter how you change it, there will be no change. The final result will still be the same."

Liu Jin said with certainty.

In fact, by the end of the Ming Dynasty, the military household system was corrupted, and the main combat troops of the Ming Dynasty were actually professional troops, all of which were supported by the imperial court with money.

It is precisely because it is a professional army that the military expenditure has skyrocketed, but the Ming court has always been in financial difficulties. In addition, in the late Ming Dynasty, all parts of the Ming Dynasty could not collect taxes, which eventually led to The fall of the Ming Dynasty.

In the later period of several reforms, such as Zhang Juzheng's whip method, the core point of the reform was actually around taxation. When Zhang Juzheng was in power, because the reforms were quite effective and the court had money, he was able to survive for a while.

But when it came to Emperor Chongzhen, Chongzhen was similar to Emperor Hongzhi, an emperor who had been limped by the civil society. He naively thought that relying on these so-called upright people would be able to turn the tide and help the building to collapse.

In fact, on the contrary, these civil official groups are the most unreliable. Even if the Ming Dynasty is about to perish, they still do not extinguish inside. Since Emperor Chongzhen was in power, he has always focused on wrangling with the ministers, and there is no way to deal with it. What useful decisions does this dying empire make.

The military household system is corrupt, and sooner or later it will have to be reformed and cut off. It is better to cut it off early than to abolish the military household system as soon as possible, and the establishment of a professional army is the kingly way.

If you want to build a strong army, you must separate the army from production and concentrate on military affairs. It is impossible to cultivate a strong army while fighting at the same time.

Of course, getting the army out of production involved the issue of money.

What do you use to support the army if you have no money?
And silver has always been an important thing that troubles the Ming court, the Ming court is poor.

After listening to Liu Jin's words, Zhang Mao nodded in agreement, thought for a while and said, "If the military household system is abolished, what kind of system should we implement?"

"Implement compulsory military service!"

Liu Jin said almost without thinking.

"Military service?"

When Zhang Mao heard this, he immediately frowned. After all, he was also a representative of the military commander Xungui Group, and he was more or less familiar with history, and he also read military books. He was very clear about various military systems in history.

Like the military merit system of the Qin Dynasty, the military service system of the Tang Dynasty, etc., he knows it all. What kind of system is this compulsory military service system?
Never heard of it at all.

"The so-called compulsory military service system means that all adult men in my Ming Dynasty are obliged to perform military service. Simply put, it is a regulation that no matter what the origin of a man in my Ming Dynasty, he must sign up to join the army when he reaches the age of [-]. He is physically qualified. must serve in the military.”

"There is a time limit for military service. For example, we assume that the time for military service is four years. Once the four years are up, after the military service is over, you can return to the field and return to normal life."

Liu Jin thought for a while and explained the compulsory military service system for later generations.

"This is a good system~"

After listening to Liu Jin's words, Zhang Mao couldn't help but nodded with a smile.

"This compulsory military service system must also be combined with the military academy system. This ordinary soldier is like flowing water, which is constantly updated in batches every four years."

"This kind of renewal is very fast, and it is easy to dissipate the strong army that has been built with great difficulty. Therefore, in the compulsory military service system, we must also implement it in conjunction with the military academy system."

"The military academy specializes in training generals and officers in the army, which are the core and backbone of the army. In this way, as long as the core and backbone remain unchanged, they will always maintain a strong combat effectiveness."

Liu Jin smiled, and then added.

This system has been very mature in later generations, and it is a system that is generally adopted by almost all countries in the world. Naturally, this system has many benefits.

The first one is that the cost is relatively low. The compulsory military service system, because it is compulsory military service, so the allowances and so on are relatively low, which is very suitable for the situation of the Ming court, and there is not much money to raise soldiers.

The second is the abundance of soldiers. Because everyone has the obligation to serve in the military, they can choose to serve in the military with good physical conditions. In addition, retired soldiers have also undergone certain military training. When necessary, they can be quickly recruited. When he came back, he quickly pulled up a huge army.

This is very important, and it is especially beneficial to Liu Jin's next plan. Once the Ming Dynasty colonizes the world, not only does it need a strong army to escort it, but also the ordinary people of the Ming Dynasty need to become more sturdy.

Otherwise, how to snatch more colonies, and how to occupy these colonies?
Everyone says that Westerners are the descendants of robbers. There is absolutely nothing wrong with that. They are the descendants of robbers. Because they are descendants of robbers, they do things only for profit, so they will not have the hypocrisy of Confucianism. It is because of this tough robber spirit.

That's why Europeans are able to colonize the world. The American Indians are actually quite tough. If the Europeans are not stronger than them, the Americas will still be dominated by the Indians.

In contrast, the Confucian system is obviously not suitable for global colonization.

The set of etiquette, righteousness, honesty and shame is almost the same for your own people. To the outside world, who would be willing to listen to you nagging about something that is completely different from your own values.

Externally, the only thing that can make the opponent submit is strong force, which is an eternal truth.

In the future, if we want to colonize the world, seize colonies, and subdue the aborigines of the colonies, it will definitely not work without a strong folk custom. If the compulsory military service system is implemented, a large number of retired soldiers can be sent to the world and become the basis for global colonization and development. Pioneer.

Of course, the compulsory military service system also has some flaws. For example, the time of military service is too short, and it is difficult to learn many technical things. This is even more so in the case of various high-tech wars in later generations.

In addition, under the compulsory military service system, some people will evade military service and are unwilling to serve in the army. In many cases, high-quality soldiers cannot be recruited for conscription. Under high-tech warfare, if there are no high-quality soldiers, it will definitely not work.

There is also a placement problem in the compulsory military service system. How to arrange the retired soldiers is a big problem and a very important one.

Of course, now is the Ming Dynasty, and the war is still in the era of cold weapons, gradually changing to this hot weapon, and there are still not many technical things in war.

"You mean to join the Tianjin Maritime Academy you opened here in Tianjin to run a military academy?"

When Zhang Mao heard this, he immediately regained his energy and asked after thinking about it.

"Yes, the military academy will be run according to the Tianjin Maritime Academy."

"The military academy specializes in training generals and officers, and ordinary soldiers are recruited for compulsory military service, thus forming a new Ming army. The combination of the two will definitely create a strong army."

Liu Jin nodded confidently and said.

"Military school!"

Zhang Mao thought about it carefully. The idea of ​​this military academy was really unprecedented. Since ancient times, only scholars went to school, but now there is a military academy dedicated to training generals.

"About the military academy, the teaching in it should be divided into three parts. The first and most important part is the education of loyalty and patriotism. Just like scholars, every officer of the Ming Dynasty must be instilled with the idea of ​​loyalty and patriotism to ensure that the Ming army Absolute loyalty to the Son of Heaven and Daming."

"The second part is the education of knowledge. To be a qualified general and officer, he must be a person with a wealth of knowledge. Not to mention being knowledgeable about the past and the present, at least literacy is the most basic requirement."

"The third part is the education of professional military skills and knowledge. As generals and officers, they must be proficient in various professional military skills and knowledge, and have professional capabilities."

Liu Jin also expressed the founding philosophy of the General School.

"Loyalty and patriotism~"

Zhang Mao's eyes couldn't help but light up when he heard the first one. Why did the control of the army fall into the hands of the civil servants? One of the important reasons is that the military generals of all dynasties usurped the throne and seized power. There are too many things.

So slowly these founding emperors will find ways to weaken the strength and power of the military generals and noble groups, especially in the Song Dynasty. Slowly into the hands of civil servants.

The scholar failed to rebel for three years, and the emperor was much more at ease when civilian officials were in charge of the military power, and he no longer had to worry about the military generals Xungui Group taking over the country.

But because of this, the whole of China was harmed. The Song Dynasty was destroyed by the Yuan Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty was destroyed by concealment. This is enough to illustrate this point.

The advantage of Zhang Junquan, a civil official, is that there are no military generals to usurp the throne, but military people have no status, and there are no famous generals to come out. The country of the Han people has become extremely weak, and they have been ruled by foreign races time and time again. It's getting worse.

It is no longer possible to regain the glory of the Han Dynasty.

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